Fire destroys Taymouth Township house under renovation

TAYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, MI — Boxes of kitchen cabinets and countertops are sitting inside a pole barn in Taymouth Township, ready to be installed in a home that is no more.

A fire about 5 a.m. Thursday, May 8, gutted the house at 8336 Willard, the Taymouth Township Fire Department reports.

Property owner Aaron Carroll lives in Birch Run with his wife and three
children. He said he was renovating the home himself, with plans to move in with his family once the work was
finished.

The single-story house was "about 50 percent involved" when Taymouth Township firefighters arrived, said Chief Robert Bowns said. Firefighters entered the building and knocked down the flames, later going outside to finish putting it out.

The fire is under investigation, and the state fire marshal is planning to visit the house Friday, May 9, which is standard procedure, Bowns said.